February 24, 2015, 4:30PM

A specialist in the movements of fish and other animals who served as a technical adviser to the popular movie "Finding Nemo" will present a lecture at Southeastern Louisiana University on March 6. Adam Summers, associate director of the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Laboratories, will serve as the Distinguished Visiting Professor for the Southeastern Biology Graduate Student Organization... Full story »

February 13, 2015, 10:15AM

Former Broadway star and famed actor Ivan Rutherford will perform a benefit concert to help the Southeastern Louisiana University Wind Symphony raise money for its upcoming performance at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. Scheduled on Friday, Feb. 27, at 7:30 p.m., the concert will take place on Southeastern's campus in Pottle Music Auditorium, located... Full story »

January 23, 2015, 11:57AM

Enrollment is currently underway for a six-week American Sign Language course offered in St. Tammany Parish by Southeastern Louisiana University. The non-credit course will be taught at the university's St. Tammany Center at 21454 Koop Drive near Mandeville. The class will be held on Thursday nights from March 26 through May 7 from 6 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. The cost... Full story »

January 22, 2015, 4:10PM

A free workshop to help new businesses hire their first employees will be held Feb. 10 near Mandeville. Presented by the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (LSBDC) at Southeastern Louisiana University, the event will be held at the St. Tammany Parish Government Administrative Complex, 21454 Koop Drive, from noon to 1:30 p.m., with networking beginning at 11:30 a.m. Sandy... Full story »

January 08, 2015, 2:13PM

A Southeastern Louisiana University professor has received a state grant to study bee communities in conservation habitats in southeast Louisiana, including St. Tammany Parish. Janice Bossart, an associate professor of biology, received a $103,448 grant from the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries to finance the study, the university said. The grant money will enable Bossart to include graduate student... Full story »

December 10, 2014, 10:31AM

Those planning to attend Southeastern Louisiana University's commencement ceremonies on Saturday (Dec. 13) should anticipate heavy traffic and changes to routes around the Hammond campus. The changes will affect University Avenue between Interstate 55 and North Cherry Street, according to a university news release. Nearly 1,200 students will receive associate, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at the ceremony, which... Full story »

December 09, 2014, 3:22PM

Southeastern Louisiana University's police department has received a $10,000 grant to conduct additional traffic enforcement around the campus, the university said. The one-year grant was awarded by the Louisiana Highway Safety Commission with a goal of reducing fatal and injury crashes on Louisiana highways. The money will provide funding for the university's officers to work overtime on traffic and... Full story »

November 22, 2014, 9:53AM

Peter Boraks of Mandeville is quickly making a name for himself in the entertainment industry. The Southeastern Louisiana University senior has a resume that includes performances from Louisiana to Florida, but his identity is sometimes obscured behind the roles he plays. A business administration major scheduled to graduate in December, Boraks got into the entertainment business in 2013 when he signed... Full story »

November 06, 2014, 12:16PM

A student from Covington was recently chosen as Miss Southeastern 2015, Southeastern Louisiana University said. Emily Randon will now advance to the Miss Louisiana pageant in Monroe in June. Randon, a sophomore kinesiology major, won the crown during the pageant held Nov. 1 at the university in Hammond. Randon also received the Lifestyle and Fitness Award, the Personal Interview... Full story »

October 01, 2014, 6:00PM

Southeastern Louisiana University's Columbia Theatre for the Performing Arts will present Julie Fowlis, Gaelic singer and voice of the soundtrack to the Academy Award-winning movie "Brave," on Oct. 9. Part of "Fanfare," the October celebration of the arts, humanities and social sciences, the concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. in the downtown Hammond theatre. A groundbreaking artist who entices... Full story »

September 24, 2014, 5:35PM

When Southeastern Louisiana University initiated its nursing program, it was designed to meet the growing health care needs of the north shore area. The objective holds true today, 50 years later. What started out as a bare-bones program with only three graduates in its inaugural class has evolved into its own School of Nursing that now offers bachelor's, master's... Full story »

September 03, 2014, 10:22AM

Small Business Saturday can be a big deal for local merchants. Founded by American Express in 2010 as a counterpart to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the national shopping day is held on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. To help local merchants make the most of the day, the Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University is working with its regional... Full story »

August 19, 2014, 4:00PM

Get ready to pedal. The 31st annual Bike MS: Louisiana, a 150-mile bike ride to benefit the Louisiana office of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, will be held on Oct. 4 and Oct. 5. The ride, dubbed "Bike MS: Dat's How We Roll 2014," is presented by People Health. It will start and finish at the University Center at Southeastern... Full story »

July 30, 2014, 10:45AM

Financed by money from the recent settlement of a lawsuit, students and scientists from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond will trek into the region's wetlands this fall to plant 3,300 bald cypress and water tupelo saplings, the university said. Gary Shaffer, a biology professor who directs the university's Wetland Restoration Lab, said the plants will be planted in wetlands assimilation... Full story »

July 27, 2014, 7:38AM

Kaitlyn Morales, a Southeastern Louisiana University student from Covington, has been selected for a national internship with "NBC Nightly News." Morales, a reporter for the Southeastern Channel's award-winning student newscast "Northshore News," was selected from a pool of over 100 applicants for the "NBC Nightly News" summer internship at the network's Washington, D.C. bureau. "Our internships provide excellent educational... Full story »

July 23, 2014, 9:38AM

Karen Fontenot, who has served as interim dean of Southeastern Louisiana University's College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences since 2009, has been appointed dean of the college, the university announced Wednesday (July 23) in a news release. The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors, SLU's managing body, has approved the appointment, which comes after a nationwide search.... Full story »

July 22, 2014, 4:58PM

Beginning August 1, cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes will have no place on the Southeastern Louisiana University campus when the university officially becomes tobacco free. The move is in accordance with Act 211 from the 2013 Louisiana Legislative Session, which calls for public post-secondary education institutions to develop smoke-free policies, university officials announced. Southeastern, along with many... Full story »

July 10, 2014, 6:09PM

The boxing gloves worn by Tory Williams Jr., must be lined with lightening. With punches so fast they're hard to see, let alone anticipate, Williams, 24, of Mandeville, unleashed a flurry of fists in an electric fury on a series of local, regional and national fighters the past three months to emerge a Golden Glove winner and the second-best... Full story »

July 03, 2014, 8:30AM

Bev Marshall stepped into the spotlight as the guest speaker at the Sunday Soirée, hosted by the Northshore Literary Society at St. John’s Coffee House on June 1. Marshall, writer-in-residence at Southeastern Louisiana University, talked about “The Shoe Burnin’: Stories of Southern Soul.” The anthology’s intriguing name came about several years ago when artists, writers and musicians were gathered... Full story »

June 09, 2014, 9:53AM

The Louisiana Small Business Development Center at Southeastern Louisiana University will host "Louisiana Franchise Expo" on June 18 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Mandeville. The free seminar will be held at the Southeastern St. Tammany Center, 21454 Koop Drive. Sandy Summers, assistant director of the SLU's business development center, said in a news release the educational and... Full story »